Congratulations to all our filmmakers who participated in the 2026 challenge; we had a record-breaking year of submissions! We encourage you to watch all of the films from the past 13 years on our YouTube Channel.
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After winning the Awareness Campaign in the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge, the team from OUT OF REACH -Sawsan Zakaria, James Ian, and Cosmo Rudd - had the opportunity to meet with Paramount Executives including Tiffany Smith Anoaâi (EVP Paramount office of GlobalâĶ
We would like to wish all of our film challenge participants and their families a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and an amazing and restful holiday season! We are proud of all the success stories we have seen this year, including jobs in front of and behind the camera.
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The 2025 Slamdance Film Festival lineup has been announced and we are so excited that 4 film challenge films were selected to be a part of the festival. Congratulations to the teams from these amazing films: WRONG GUY (Brett Maline), AUDIO DESCRIPTION (Lee Pugsley, LukeâĶ
Lee Pugsley, who is a talented legally blind filmmaker and actor, won the Best Film award for AUDIO DESCRIPTION which was further developed through our Adobe alumni grant program this year. He shares a bit about his experience in the Film Challenge: âBeing a participant andâĶ
